Flare bracket



Dec. 1, 1925.

- H. O. RUSSELL ET AL FLARE BRACKET Filed April 1-8, 1922 I 'iPatented Dec. 1, 1925i *UN-IT EDv STA l, nnrumi'vr LRUssELL o DETROIT, 1vr IcHrGA an]; ormnrns LEIGH PAULU DAYTON, orrro. I

' FLARE BRACKET.

Application filed April is, 1922,v Serial at. 555,406.

if T all whom it may concern:

Be it=known that we, HERBERT O. RUSSELL 3 and CHARLEsLnI H- Paur uacitizens of the I lUnitediStates, residing, respectively, at De- 6 troit and Dayton, in the counties of Wayne 1x and Montgomery and States of Michigan have invented certain new and and Ohio, 3 I A useful Improvements in Flare Brackets,

(which the following is a specification; I '10 A This invention relates to flare brackets, the object in view being to produce a flare bracket for carrying landing flare candles :l-'fu'pon an airplane or aircraft of any kind,

fjthe said bracketsbeing designed to hang 1.5 or be vcarried close to the wing and present" a minimum amountof head resistance; A further object of this invention is to s l fprov ide in conjunction with the flare I "bracket, a reflector which not only aids in I the illumination of the ground but which also deflects the heat from the machine itself. ,By means of theref-lector, the light from thecandle is thrown downwardly in jflf aline substantially at a right angle to the '25,. Wing, which, when the airplane is landing, I istilted-at a stalling angle of about 20 degrees. This throws all ofthe light from ff'the candle in a forward and downward direction, which is very desirable. The .de- 3 vice also contains a safety mechanism, which 1 thereby eliminating-danger of fire. f In the drawings; 1 j a Figure 1 is a vertical section through the -"fiare bracket. f v v Figure 2 is a bottom plan View of the osame."- r Figure 3 is an end view thereof.

' mounting bracket 'whichis adapted to be I secured to an aircraft and preferably to the .fj-bottom of one of the wings thereof. The Ybracket comprises a housing .2 designed to receive one end of a flare candle 3 which (is held in place by means of a clamping ring or band-ff. v

The hand his of such size as to encircle and "firmly; hold the' flare candle 3i and the jin the case'of'a bad landing will trip'the' ficandle, throwingthesame to 'the rear and Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a end portions e and 6 of said clam'pingban'd 'are' extended and holes are formed therein to receive a" clamping bolt or'pin 7 threaded j lr'band to securelyholdthe candle; Mounted adapted-Ito come in contact with the ground spring 10 "contained within the housing 2 and under compression when the candle 3 is in place.-

' on the shaft or pin is atrip leven 9 V,

for relaxing the band 4and permitting-the V candle 3 to be ejected by means of an ejector The trip arm '9 is fornied with a cam that cooperates with another cam 12' on a a v collar 13 on the shaft orrpin 7 When the parts are in their operative position the cams 11 and 12 are in engagement with each 7 other andv serve to maintain the band 4 in clamping relation "to the candle. When, however, the trip arm 9 strikes the ground,

the cams 11 and 12 aredisengaged, thereby relaxing the band 4 whereupon the candle 3 is thrown clear of the airplane by means the spring 10. In the rear end ofthe'housing 2 there is mounted an insulator 1a through which pass wires (not shown) by means of which the candle is electrically ignited. A mica heat-'f I "proof reflector 16 extends over and upon both sides of the candle 3 serving to, direct the light rays downwardly while at the same time deflecting the heat away from'the 5 airplane. e

Having thus described our invention, we

o V V I a claim: 1 r I a A gflare bracket embodying asupport ing member adapted for attachment to an i I to hold a flare candle,candle ejecting means in said housing, clampingfmeans for hold ing, the candle against the ejecting action. of (said ejecting means, and a trip arm for aircraft, a housing on said supportfadapted releasing said clamping means, operable on contact with the ground. 1 g V 2. A flare bracket embodying a supportaircraft, a housingon said support adapted ing the candle against. the ejecting action a ing member adapted-for attachmentto an of saidejecting means, and a, trip arm for releasing said clamping means, operable on p I contact with the ground, said clamping means embodying a flexible candle em bracing b'andr aircraft, housing on said support-adapted l 'to hold a flare candle, candle ejecting "means in said'h'ousing, clamping means for holding 39A flare bracket embodyingta. support; 1 "ing member adapted for attachmentito -an embodying band said tri) arm havln a cammin ac- 7 1 D D,

the candle against the ejecting action of said ejecting means, and a trip arm for releasing said clamping means, operable on contact with the ground, said clamping "means a flexible candle embracing candle operable by contact with the ground, and a third meansfor ejecting the candle from said first means.

"6. A flare bracket adapted for attachment to an aircraft,including a candle holding means, spring means for ejecting the candle from said first means, and means 'for releasing said spring means by contact with the ground.

Intestimony whereof we affix our signatures.

HERBERT 0. RUSSELL. CHARLES LEIGH: PAULUS. 

